Hospitality & Dram Shop

MDAF has extensive experience in defending hotels in a variety of claims, including premises liability, assaults, contractual disputes and construction accidents. Our attorneys have represented numerous major hotel chains as well as individually-owned locations.

MDAF also has vast experience in defending restaurants and bars in dram shop/liquor liability actions. These claims often include allegations of customers and patrons being served alcohol when they were in an alleged visibly intoxicated state or were served alcohol when under the legal drinking age. Alleged intoxicated individuals then cause injuries to third-parties who assert the claim against the restaurant, bar or their employees.

MDAF has defended numerous newsworthy and high exposure matters resulting in resolutions which were beneficial to the clients and often resulted in favorable indemnifications. MDAF defends hospitality/dram shop and liquor liability claims from pre-suit through trial and appeal. We have also successfully resolved claims using alternative resolution, including mediation.

MDAF has extensive experience in all aspects of litigating and defending hospitality/dram shop and liquor liability claims so as to provide the best possible legal services in these very unique subsections of premises liability. Our in-house Appellate Team is readily available throughout the litigation to assist in issues that arise from inception through post-verdict appeals.